Chapter 1002
“Got it. I won’t hold back on that offer.” Lillian replied with a smile. As if she had thought of something, she continued, “By the way, Amelia also called me just now to ask about me. But then, we talked about Aiden, and Amelia’s voice got a little strange. Did something happen to Aiden?”
Hearing this, Rosalie couldn’t help but think of what happened when she saw a little girl threatening Aiden at the elementary school. “I will go check on Amelia to see if there is something wrong,” she said. “All right, then. I hope I was just overthinking things,” Lillian said.
While Lillian was glad that there was no misunderstanding, Ysabel, on the other hand, was furious. She looked at the news and saw her son talking to so many journalists about the children in Lillian’s tummy. She felt as though she was humiliated when she heard him say that the child would be the heir of the White family regardless of gender.
Callum had completely ignored her. It was as if he told everyone that no one could touch Lillian by announcing her future identity.
Since Lillian’s child would be the future heir of the White family, the future lady of the White family could only be Lillian.
Ysabel would never allow such a thing to happen.
“Mr. White, this is the person who has contacted Jerick recently. In addition, since he posted a trending topic that day, he had quit his job and bought a flight ticket to go abroad. It’s as if he had already known this trending topic would happen,” said a man as he handed Callum a search report.
Callum looked through the documents and couldn’t help but squint when he saw one of the names. It seemed that it was because of him that Lillian suffered from this disaster.
According to the report, Jerick was at the airport when he last called Lillian that day. With the investigation, Callum was surprised when he saw a line of words.
“Now, this is surprising!” he thought to himself.
At that moment, the phone rang, and a hurried voice came from the other line. “Mr. White, Mrs. White called the police, and there were many policemen here. She has left the mansion. We couldn’t
stop her.”
The person was referring to Callum’s mother, Ysabel.
Callum thought for a while and said, “Got it. You guys head back to the manor and secure the place.” He assumed that his mother would never want to reveal such things to the public, but he didn’t expect her to forcibly leave by calling the police. He figured that this would blow up on the news again tomorrow. Of course, Callum could almost guess what his mother was planning. He gently lowered his eyes to hide the darkness within as he thought to himself, “Was I being too kind to my mother? I hope that I was wrong about her. If my mother hadn’t done so, I might let her go and allow her to continue living a comfortable life of glory and wealth. But if she really…”
On the same day, Ysabel held a press conference and said that she would never acknowledge the child in Lillian’s tummy as the future heir of the White family. She also publicly questioned whether the child in Lillian’s tummy was actually Callum’s. At the same time, she also said that Lillian was just greedy and vain, thinking that she could rely on the child in her tummy to marry into a wealthy family. Lastly, Ysabel told the press that she hoped Callum wouldn’t be fooled again.
If Callum insisted on continuing with his decision, Ysabel would use her 10% of shares in White Maple Group and join hands with other shareholders to oppose his continued chairmanship.
After all, a person who was deceived by a woman was not suitable to be the chairman of the company. Ysabel’s speech at the press conference was impassioned as she stated that she must protect White Maple Group, which was left behind by her late husband. Even if Callum was her son, she could not sit around and watch him destroy the company.
In the office, Callum looked at the press conference on the computer screen coldly with a touch of mockery.
He thought to himself, “It seems that the outcome I dreaded most had taken place. As expected, my mother found out that her pawns were no longer obedient, so she planned to take everything away from
them and find new ones. Is she going to take control of White Maple Group? Has she forgotten that I was the one who gave her the 10% of shares? If I was able to give it to her, then it’s only natural that I would have thought of all the possible consequences long ago.”
Naturally, Lillian, who was in the White residence, saw this press conference as well. When Callum came back, Lillian said uneasily, “Sorry, it’s all my fault that things between you and your mother turned out like this.”
Although she didn’t like Ysabel, she was still Callum’s mother, after all.
“You’re just a trigger. My mother and I would reach this point sooner or later even without you,” Callum
said.
There was a trace of confusion in her eyes.
Callum sneered as he continued, “To my mother, I’m just a pawn to help her gain power and wealth. The most important thing about being a pawn is to be obedient. If you stop obeying orders, then they will have you replaced.”
Lillian was shocked. She didn’t expect the relationship between their mother and son to be like this. Although he seldom mentioned his mother when they were in love, it was because she was family.
After being shocked, her heart was filled with distress.
When they met abroad, he was like a pure and innocent teenager to her. She never thought that he would carry so much weight in his heart.
Noticing that Lillian looked as if she was about to cry, Callum couldn’t help but say, “Now, now… Don’t look at me like that. It makes me look pathetic. In fact, I don’t mind being a pawn. Even if I really have to become a certain someone’s pawn someday, maybe I will be willing to do so.”
After all these years, being regarded as a pawn by his mother had long been a common thing for him. His relationship with his mother had always been weak.
Now, he was actually a pawn of Lillian’s as well. Even if she didn’t say anything, he would be willing to overcome all the difficulties for her. Even if she really wanted to use him someday, he would be willing to let her. All she had to do was give the word.
The next moment, a pair of slender arms suddenly hugged him tightly. Lillian’s clear voice was choked with sobs as she said, “You are not a pawn! You are you, not anything else!”
